- Annie Leonard
Annie Leonard is an American scholar on
international trade , development, internationalsustainability andenvironmental health issues.citeweb|url=http://www.alternet.org/story/72568/|title=Consuming Our Way to Unhappiness|author=Terrence McNally|date=2008-01-10|publisher=AlterNet ] She is most known for her web-based documentary "The Story of Stuff " about the life-cycle of goods and services.Biography
Leonard has an undergraduate degree from
Barnard College and a graduate degree fromCornell University in city and regional planning.citeweb|url=http://www.storyofstuff.com/anniesbio.html|title=Annie Leonard's bio|accessdate=2008-01-22] She stars in "The Story of Stuff ", a web-based documentary about the life-cycle of goods and services.Ralph Nader called the film "a model of clarity and motivation." [citeweb|url=http://relocalize.net/the_story_of_stuff_premiers_to_rave_reviews_proves_value_as_relocalization_tool|title=The Story of Stuff Premiers to Rave Reviews: Proves Value as Relocalization Tool|author=Larry Menkes|date=2007-12-27]Leonard is coordinator of
Global Alliance for Incinerator Alternatives [citeweb|url=https://secure.bioneers.org/node/645|title=Zero Waste: A New Vision review|accessdate=2008-01-14] and serves on the boards ofInternational Forum for Globalization and theEnvironmental Health Fund . She previously held positions withHealth Care Without Harm ,Essential Information andGreenpeace International , and is currently coordinator of theFunders Workgroup for Sustainable Production and Consumption . In 1992 she testified in front of theUS Congress on the topic of international waste trafficking.Op Cit]Leonard lives in California with her daughter.
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External links
* [http://www.storyofstuff.com/ Story of Stuff]
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